"ei" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ɛi̯/ Audio: Nl-ei.ogg [Belgium] Forms: eieren [plural], eitje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛi̯ Etymology: From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|ei}} Middle Dutch ei, {{inh|nl|odt|*ei}} Old Dutch *ei, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*aij}} Proto-West Germanic *aij, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*ajją}} Proto-Germanic *ajją, {{der|nl|ine-pro|*h₂ōwyóm}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-eren|eitje}} ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)
  1. egg Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Food and drink Categories (lifeform): Eggs
    Sense id: en-ei-nl-noun-NHB8P0Df Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: dat is het hele eiereneten, eendenei, ei van Columbus, eicel, eidooier, eierbal, eierdop, eieren voor zijn geld kiezen, eierkoek, eierkool, eierlanding, eiermuts, eiersalade, eierstok, eigeel, eikapsel, eisprong, eivorm, eivormig, eiwit, kievitsei, kippenei, koek en ei, op eieren lopen, paasei, struisvogelei, van die boer geen eieren, voor een appel en een ei

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ei meaning in Dutch (3.8kB)

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "eier"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: eier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: eier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "airi"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: airi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: airi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "āi"
          },
          "expansion": "Jersey Dutch: āi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: āi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "ee",
            "3": "eiu",
            "4": "eyu",
            "5": "eju"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch ei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *ei",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*aij"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ajją"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ajją",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ōwyóm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eieren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-eren",
        "3": "eitje"
      },
      "expansion": "ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ei"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Eggs",
          "orig": "nl:Eggs",
          "parents": [
            "Birds",
            "Foods",
            "Reproduction",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Animals",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Lifeforms"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Food and drink",
          "orig": "nl:Food and drink",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dat is het hele eiereneten"
        },
        {
          "word": "eendenei"
        },
        {
          "word": "ei van Columbus"
        },
        {
          "word": "eicel"
        },
        {
          "word": "eidooier"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierbal"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierdop"
        },
        {
          "word": "eieren voor zijn geld kiezen"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierkoek"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierkool"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierlanding"
        },
        {
          "word": "eiermuts"
        },
        {
          "word": "eiersalade"
        },
        {
          "word": "eierstok"
        },
        {
          "word": "eigeel"
        },
        {
          "word": "eikapsel"
        },
        {
          "word": "eisprong"
        },
        {
          "word": "eivorm"
        },
        {
          "word": "eivormig"
        },
        {
          "word": "eiwit"
        },
        {
          "word": "kievitsei"
        },
        {
          "word": "kippenei"
        },
        {
          "word": "koek en ei"
        },
        {
          "word": "op eieren lopen"
        },
        {
          "word": "paasei"
        },
        {
          "word": "struisvogelei"
        },
        {
          "word": "van die boer geen eieren"
        },
        {
          "word": "voor een appel en een ei"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I fried an egg for breakfast.",
          "text": "Ik heb een ei gebakken voor het ontbijt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Easter is a festival where many eggs are painted.",
          "text": "Pasen is een feest waarbij veel eieren worden geschilderd.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In this box, there are twelve eggs.",
          "text": "In deze doos zitten twaalf eieren.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "egg"
      ],
      "id": "en-ei-nl-noun-NHB8P0Df",
      "links": [
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛi̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "IJ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-ei.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Nl-ei.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ],
      "text": "audio (Belgium)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ei"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dat is het hele eiereneten"
    },
    {
      "word": "eendenei"
    },
    {
      "word": "ei van Columbus"
    },
    {
      "word": "eicel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eidooier"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierbal"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierdop"
    },
    {
      "word": "eieren voor zijn geld kiezen"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierkoek"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierkool"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierlanding"
    },
    {
      "word": "eiermuts"
    },
    {
      "word": "eiersalade"
    },
    {
      "word": "eierstok"
    },
    {
      "word": "eigeel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eikapsel"
    },
    {
      "word": "eisprong"
    },
    {
      "word": "eivorm"
    },
    {
      "word": "eivormig"
    },
    {
      "word": "eiwit"
    },
    {
      "word": "kievitsei"
    },
    {
      "word": "kippenei"
    },
    {
      "word": "koek en ei"
    },
    {
      "word": "op eieren lopen"
    },
    {
      "word": "paasei"
    },
    {
      "word": "struisvogelei"
    },
    {
      "word": "van die boer geen eieren"
    },
    {
      "word": "voor een appel en een ei"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "eier"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: eier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: eier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "airi"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: airi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: airi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "āi"
          },
          "expansion": "Jersey Dutch: āi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: āi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "ee",
            "3": "eiu",
            "4": "eyu",
            "5": "eju"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: ee, eiu, eyu, eju"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "dum",
        "3": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch ei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*ei"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *ei",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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        "3": "*ajją"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ōwyóm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eieren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-eren",
        "3": "eitje"
      },
      "expansion": "ei n (plural eieren, diminutive eitje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ei"
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch neuter nouns",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -eren",
        "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Dutch terms with audio links",
        "Dutch terms with homophones",
        "Dutch terms with usage examples",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯/1 syllable",
        "nl:Eggs",
        "nl:Food and drink"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I fried an egg for breakfast.",
          "text": "Ik heb een ei gebakken voor het ontbijt.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Easter is a festival where many eggs are painted.",
          "text": "Pasen is een feest waarbij veel eieren worden geschilderd.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In this box, there are twelve eggs.",
          "text": "In deze doos zitten twaalf eieren.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "egg"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛi̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "IJ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-ei.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Nl-ei.ogg/Nl-ei.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Nl-ei.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ],
      "text": "audio (Belgium)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ei"
}

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